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No. 312,096.. Patented Feb. 10, 1885.

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GEORGE D. OOREY,.OF LOlVELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO WOODS, SHERXVOOD& 00., OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,096, dated February10, 1885.

(No model.)

l that when the latter is screwed into the cavity Be it known that I,GEORGE D. COREY, of it will fit tightly in it, as shown. When theLowell, in the county of Middlesex and State. plate P is screwed on andinto the cork A, the

To all whom it may concern.-

of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to stoppers for bottles and similar receptacles;and it consists in certain improvements in bottle-stoppers to enablecork to be used with the same, substantially as hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a wellknown form of bottle-stopperprovided with my improvement in a closed position upon the bott1e-mouth,partly in section. Fig. 2 is a view of the same in an open position.Fig. 3 is a top view of Fig. 1. Fig. 4C is a top-view of Fig. 2. Figs.5, 6, and 8 are detail views of parts of the bottle stopping andunstopping mechanism. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of the plate or capon top of the bottle-stopper and the cork attached, showing how they areconnccted. Fig. 9 is a side view of another formof stopper provided withmy invention, with the stopper closed. Fig. 10 is a view of the samewith the stopper open. Fig. 11 is a top view of Fig. 9. Fig. 12 shows avertical sec tion of the stopper and cap shown in Fig. 9.

It is wellknown thatfor bottling somekinds of liquids no substance equalto cork for the bottle-stopper is known, as it resists the effects ofsuch liquids and keeps them pure and sweet in a greater degree thanother stoppers.

My invention is designed to fit such stoppers of cork to a convenientbottle opening and closing device, so as to use the least amount of corkpracticable. have them securely attached, and enable them to be easilyremoved and replaced when worn out.

A is the stopper, formed of cork,and attached to the plate P in thefollowing manner: Upon the lower side or face of the plate P is formed atubular sleeve, p, projecting downward a sufficient distance to reachpartly through the cork A. This sleeve has ascrew-thread formed upon itsouter surface, as shown. The cork has formed in it an annular-shapedcavity corresponding to the sleeve p, and of slightly less breadth thanthe thickness of the sleeve, so

latter bears against the lower face of the plate and on the exteriorpart and inside of the sleeve 1), thus giving it a very solid supportagainst all strains and shocks to which it may be subjected in use.

In order to assist in supporting the cork, I attach to the plate P, Fig.7, a second annular sleeve, pflwhich fits'closely around the peripheryof the upper end of the cork and prevents its being burst by verticalstrains in closing it. This mode of fastening the cork A upon thecap-plateP will be found to render the cork extremely durable and givethe same facility in opening and closing the bottle as with rubberstoppers.

The mechanism for closing and unclosing the cork on the bottle-mouthshown in Figs. 1 to 8 is substantially the same as that shown in theLetters Patent No. 294,443, dated March a, 1884, and does not needelaborate description.

B is the bail. O is the neck-band. D is the bottleneck; E is therotating cam piece. WVhen the cork stopper is used with this c1osing andunclosing mechanism, however, it is found to be of great advantage tomake one of the holes 0 in the plate P elongated radially inward asufficient distance to allow the bentin end of the bail B, which engageswith the loop of the neck-band O, to pass vertically through it. I amthus enabled to attach the cork A to the plate P before putting thelatter on the bail B, and the cork can thus be attached with a firmerand better fit than when it is attempted after the plate P is on thebail, which is quite important. By this construction I am also enabledto ship the parts'of the stopperready formed, including the bails bent,as shown, at the ends, and they can be applied to the bottles at theplace where the latter are filled by the bottler, and if any bailbecomes broken on a bottle it can be removed and a new one appliedinplace of it by the user.

The stopping and unstopping mechanism shown in Figs. 9, 10, 11, and 12is also well and widely known, and does not need particular description.In the latter the lever Fis used to force the stopperinto the mouth ofthe bottle.

\Vhat I claim as new and of my invention 5 1s 1. In combination with thecork stopper A, the cap-plate Pand the tubular screw-threaded sleeve 1),the cork takinga bearing upon the outer and inner surfaces of saidsleeve and 10 upon the lower surface of said cap-plate, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination of the cork stopper A, the plate 1?, the tubularsleeve-bearing p, and

the tubular sleeve-bearing 12 the cork taking a bearing upon the outerand inner surfaces of 15 the sleeve 19, substantially as described.

3. In combination with the stopper A and bail B, the plate 1?, havingone of its holes 0' elongated sufficiently to allow the end of the bailto pass through the same, substantially as 20 described.

GEORGE D. COREY.

\Vitnesses:

DAVID HALL RICE, N. P. OOKINGTON.

